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User feedback reveals visual hierarchy flaw in site status UI
A user reported that a running site appeared visually weaker than pending sites in a multi-site list. The issue was traced to CSS where pending sites had a background fill while running sites only had a border. The fix applied background colors with alpha values to all three states to encode the correct hierarchy.
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A reminder that even subtle UI details can invert user perception, and that real-world testing often uncovers design assumptions that look good on paper but fail in practice.
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The day a user told me "the running site looks weak" — rebuilding the three-state visual hierarchy with background color →
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